The 2018 FAO League was the ninth season of the
FAO League
The Football Association of Odisha League is the top state football league of the Indian state of Odisha, organised by Football Association of Odisha (FAO) in association with Department of Sports & Youth Services (DSYS), Government of Odisha.
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. Radha Raman Club are the defending champions. Chauliaganj FC have entered as the promoted team from the
FAO 2nd Division League. The FAO League is organised every year by the
Football Association of Odisha (FAO), the official football governing body of
Odisha,
India. The regular season started on 17 August 2018.
Teams
Teams in Diamond League
*Bidanasi Club
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East Coast Railway
*Jay Durga Club
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Odisha Police
*Radha Raman Club
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Rising Student's Club
Rising Student's Club is an Indian professional multisports club based in Cuttack, Odisha, India. The club plays in the FAO League, the fourth tier of Indian football and top tier of Odisha state football. It played in the Indian Women's League, ...
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Sports Hostel
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*Sunrise Club
Teams in Gold League
*Independent Club
*Kishore Club
*Mangala Club
*Radha Gobind Club
*Rising Star Club
*Rovers Club
*Young Utkal Club
Teams in Silver League
*Azad Hind Club
*Chand Club
*Chauliaganj Club
*Club N Club
*Lalbag Club
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Odisha Government Press (OGP)
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SAI-STC
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State Bank of India
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*Sunshine Club
*Town Club
*Western Mahaveer Club
*Yuba Vandhu Cultural Group (YVCG)
Officiating
Match Officials
*Sujit Kumar Patro
Referees
*Arun Nayak
*Bhim Kumar Chettri
*Daitari Karua
*Jamal Mohamed
*Jyoti Ranjan Swain
*Nabin Kumar Naik
*R. Palmson Moses
*Raju Mohanty
*Sapneswar Kanhar
*Sheikh Hayat
*Sujit Kumar
*Sudip Das
*Suresh Dash
*Tarun Kumar Pradhan
Revamp
League Format
In a total revamp of the league, the FAO League was converted from premier league of the state to second highest level footballing league in the year 2018 as the premier state level football league was introduced by the
Football Association of Odisha. The league system currently is a three-tier system consisting of ''Diamond'', ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' leagues. The top four teams of the diamond league and the winners of ''Gold'' and ''Silver'' league would be promoted to the
FAO Super Cup i.e. highest state level football league in
Odisha.
Venue
Barabati stadium.jpg, Barabati Stadium
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in Cuttack, Odisha
League stage
Diamond League
League table
Results
Gold League
Silver League
Group stage
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=Group B
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Statistics
Scoring
Hat-tricks
References
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